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Over the years, Modi’s image has been rehabilitated on the international stage, with the U.S. and U.K. lifting sanctions and acknowledging his role as Gujarat’s chief minister during the riots. Nevertheless, critics accuse him of using state machinery to intimidate opponents and of attempting to rewrite or obscure parts of history through educational reforms. In 2022, India’s government removed references to the riots from educational texts, stirring fears of historical revisionism and a weakening of democratic accountability.